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Previously, the company sold sports agency IMG, hospitality company On Location and Professional Bull Riders to TKO Group Holdings, a different company that is also controlled by Endeavor Group Holdings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Parts of what is now Iran’s coastline was controlled in the 1800s by a dynasty based in the present-day U.A.E.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

This allows DNA-based systems to carry out controlled and repeatable tasks despite their extremely small size.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Carla Lockhart said about 100 homes have been evacuated as a result of the incident and that a controlled explosion has taken place.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The northern armies controlled much of the homeland of the Dinka.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau